The NIMBYs opposing the Haven Green senior housing complex are now campaigning against the redevelopment of the Chelsea-Elliot Houses. The towers (60 years old at Chelsea; 80 at Elliot) are crumbling and elevator failures leave residents trapped for days at a time, but 'environmental justice'
You forgot the 'decades of neglect' part. You're welcome.
This is one of the flyers put up in Fulton Houses. They're on every floor and in the lobby areas of each building.
The federal government defunded public housing decades ago, the result is that the buildings crumbled. This pairs new *public* housing with market rate units on land still owned by the city to ensure the new towers are self-sustaining; that repairs and maintenance will never be a question again.
Absolutely biased on this. I've covered the lead poisoning scandal, the dangerous water tanks, the mold infestations, the near-total collapse in the heating systems for like five winters straight. NYCHA residents deserve the dignity. They deserve safe and maintained apartments.
Do the tenants oppose the new development?
Even if they do, after a certain point of deterioration that can’t be a consideration any more. Nobody wants their lives to be uprooted, but they can’t just keep kicking the can down the road until the buildings collapse.
Yeah no one wants another collapse like the Florida condo. That could have been prevented.
Tenants don't oppose the plan since Fulton & Elliott held votes choosing between 3 options negotiated by NYCHA, Related, & the 2 tenant associations: A) Refurb current bldgs B) Refurb some bldgs & replace others C) Build all new bldgs replacing every apt It had to be unanimous & both sites chose C.
Most of this opposition is disingenuous. But there's also a strain on the left that doesn't want to acknowledge the inherent necessity of tradeoffs. That tendency can lead in practice to reactionary stances that impede progress - or at least is easily weaponized to do so